Psychotherapy Services

Psychotherapy comes in different forms, usually based on different theoretical orientations. Psychoanalytic, or psychodynamic, therapy is one form, and it exists across a range of depths of treatment, often dependent on frequency, from once a week to several times a week.

Psychoanalytic approaches recognize the existence of unconscious patterns, often adaptations that began early in life that were once necessary, but are no longer helpful. Instead, they often underly the common observation that people tend to repeat problematic experiences and relationships. Contemporary psychoanalytic thought encompasses other therapeutic modalities as well, utilizing relational, cognitive, and mindfulness based theories when these are relevant to the individual.

I offer individual therapy to people from the late teens to late life. In individual therapy, we explore and understand various aspects of yourself—feelings, thoughts, interpersonal interactions, dreams. I listen in a way that can access multiple levels of meaning.

Many people, including other therapists, have consulted me after previous therapy or counseling, which may have been helpful in some ways, but was experienced as not enough. Perhaps more deeply held issues were not addressed. Sometimes suggestions for change, although seemingly reasonable, felt impossible. This sometimes happens when there is a conflict outside of conscious awareness that makes such change too difficult. Psychoanalytic approaches can add a deeper dimension to therapeutic work.

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Readings that you may find of interest:

The Tyranny of Time: How Long Does Effective Therapy Really Take?, Jonathan Shedler & Enrico Gnaulati, Psychotherapy Networker, 2020.

Getting to Know Me, Jonathan Shedler, Scientific American Mind, 2010.

That Was Then, This is Now: An Introduction to Contemporary Psychodynamic Therapy, Jonathan Shedler, PhD. Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2006.